Alternatives to GameLoop
Tencent's Android emulator for playing mobile games on a Windows PC. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
GameLoop
Tencent's Android emulator for playing mobile games on a Windows PC.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as GameLoop.
BlueStacks
An Android emulator for Windows and macOS, built mainly for playing mobile games on a computer.
BlueStacks runs Android games on Windows and macOS, including a native Apple Silicon build and a cloud play option, though its site pushes promoted games.
LDPlayer
An Android emulator for Windows made for playing mobile games with keyboard and mouse.
LDPlayer stays Windows only and adds keyboard and mouse mapping and multi-instance support, with an Android 14 core that is still in beta.
MuMu Player
NetEase's Android emulator for running mobile games and apps on Windows and Mac.
MuMu Player from NetEase adds Mac and Windows on ARM support, Android 15 and Android 12 images and many simultaneous instances.
NoxPlayer
An Android emulator for Windows and macOS that runs mobile games and apps.
NoxPlayer runs on Windows and macOS with Android 9 and Android 12 builds, script recording and multi-instance support, though releases are infrequent.
MEmu Play
An Android emulator for Windows that runs Android apps and games on a PC.
MEmu Play is a Windows Android emulator that also handles general Android apps, using the desktop mouse, keyboard and screen, without a built-in game catalog.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
TapTap
A game store and player community for downloading and updating mobile games outside Google Play.
QooApp
A game store and community for anime-style mobile games, installable on Android without Google.
Winlator
An Android app that runs x86_64 Windows applications and games using Wine and Box86/Box64.
